Appomattox Below Chesdin

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oregonberg
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Appomattox Below Chesdin

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Has anyone kayaked the Appomattox below Chesdin? Is it any good and is there anyone else interested in a trip?
eastcoast43
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Post by eastcoast43 »

Its def a real fun paddle but you gotta wait for the rain on that one. Watch the gauge and try and catch it between 4-6 feet. If it comes up any time soon i will shoot you a pm .
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Post by Mango »

There are 2 trips on the schedule for the App:
8/25/12 with David Nutter
and
9/29 with Jenny Wiley

Been a while since I've been on it, but 4' sound right.

Below is a link to the Coastals Calendar for other trips
http://www.coastals.org/trips/
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Post by JDzielak »

It should be noted that you'll have to wait for the lake to fill up before they start releasing water from the dam. I wanted to paddle this a couple of weeks ago and it was looking good on Friday but on Saturday they turned the water off. Bummer! Its a class II-III run and there are only 2 class IIIs that I remember as well as a big flat pool to paddle at the beginning.
Jon Dzielak
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